John Bolton met with Brazil's defense minister and warned: "Maduro's days are numbered"

In the midst of growing tensions in Venezuela over the deployment of Russian troops and armaments, The United States repudiated Tuesday the Russian and Cuban influence on the Caribbean country. John Bolton, a security advisor for the White House, warned that "Maduro's time is running out," after a meeting with Brazilian Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo.

"I had a good conversation with the Brazilian Defense Minister, Fernando Azevedo, this morning, and we look forward to working together. The region is united and the days of Maduro are numbered ", said the US official via your Twitter account.

Previously, the American chargé d 'affaires in Venezuela, James Story, gave a press conference in which he denounced the influences of Russia and Cuba in Venezuela: "We want a sovereign and independent Venezuela, free from the influence of Cuba and Russia, who can decide its own destiny."

The official said the following after the Venezuelan National Armed Forces (FANB) deployed a Russian-made S-300 missile battery near Caracas, the Israeli defense consultancy said on Sunday. ImageSat International (ISI).

Washington, meanwhile, warned the government of Vladimir Putin that it would not remain "still" while Russia "exacerbate tensions in Venezuela."

"Maduro has lost the support of the Venezuelan people, so he is counting on the support of Cuba and Russia to usurp democracy and suppress innocent civilians, and this information shows that he is becoming more and more reckless and insulating", did he declare. Bolton on Monday.

For his part, Story stated that Donald Trump's government will continue its policy of enforcing sanctions against Nicolás Maduro's regimeand warned that these will be more and more difficult.

"Our most powerful tool is the penalties, which will increase," said Story. And detailed: "We have penalized 149 corrupt businesses and individuals, and we will continue to get the message across, telling the Venezuelans that they have appropriated the money from the people, which is enough."

In addition, the US charge for Venezuela said that Washington was trying to make an impact "on people is minimal", "but maximum on individuals who support the regime".

Story gave this press conference in the midst of a new blackout that shakes several parts of the country since Monday, and evoked this situation which, according to the dictatorship, is due to an orchestrated attack from Washington.

"The power outages will continue, not because we are responsible for it, but because the electrical system is no longer functioning because of the same inability of the regime to maintain and optimize it. That of a cyber attack is quite unlikely when it is an badog system "he argued.

The US official reiterated the US's "full commitment" with interim president Juan Guaidó. He argued that in a short time will be "a new country" and stressed: "Venezuela is stronger than a diet."